Tuscaloosa man accused of rape, sexual assault for second time in less than a month

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Mar 5, 2014 at 12:00 PMMar 5, 2014 at 1:06 PM

A Tuscaloosa man has been accused of rape and sexual assault for the second time in less than a month and the third time in recent years.

By Stephanie TaylorStaff Writer

A Tuscaloosa man has been accused of rape and sexual assault for the second time in less than a month and the third time in recent years.Marcus Steven McCorkle, 23, was arrested Monday on charges of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. He is accused of forcing a 12-year-old girl to have sexual intercourse in June or July 2013, according to court documents.His arrest this week came less than a month after a Feb. 3 arrest on second-degree sodomy and second-degree rape charges. In that case, he was accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl after one of her family members reported that he found them in her room. It is unclear whether the victim in each case is the same girl. The new charges are the third time McCorkle has been accused of assaulting an underage girl. In 2009, he was accused of having sexual contact with a girl who was 13 when he was 18. Court records do not indicate the disposition of that case.McCorkle remained in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on Wednesday with bail set at $120,000. A preliminary hearing on the charges from earlier this year is scheduled for April 21.